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robert gibbs called it a food fight. it's not respective of the country. was boseman monday that tana representative today. >> i'm sure people on the left would say today was. people on the right would say arlen specter was. laura: i think the president of the united states should celebrate the fact that more people are engaged in this public debate than ever before. that's what we thought about it. >> i think what you are seeing in the outrage at the town halls is powerlessness. these are people that by and large, their party is out of power. and they don't like it. laura: all right, richard, we appreciate it up next what do sharon osborne, kathie lee and dancing monkeys all have in common? they all have a starring role in reality check straight ahead. fall hunting classic. with great deals like the moultrie game spy d-40 camera for only $69.94 and the leupold rifleman riflescope for only $169.94. bass pro shops. laura: in the "back of the book" seeingment, imagine calling 911 because you didn't get enough shrimp. these people need a reality check. bill:
robert gibbs called it a food fight. it's not respective of the country. was boseman monday that tana representative today. >> i'm sure people on the left would say today was. people on the right would say arlen specter was. laura: i think the president of the united states should celebrate the fact that more people are engaged in this public debate than ever before. that's what we thought about it. >> i think what you are seeing in the outrage at the town halls is powerlessness....
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which gibbs says the president is yet to receive. >> the president asked for a review of our policy. the president authorized additional security forces in to afghanistan. >> reporter: the review from president obama's new commander, eneral stanley mcchrystal called for more training to afghanistan forces to take over security so u.s. forces could focus on counterinsurgency. we have a record number of troops and we will have 68,000 by the end of the year. the report does not call for more u.s. troops but says the request is expected later this year. >> he wants to request more troop but there is not much support in washington for that. >> reporter: the center for strategic and international studies says while the taliban controls a third of afghanistan, a new strategy could free u.s. troops to go after them. >> the situation is deteriorating. the security getting worse. if it is getting worse in the south and east and parts of the north as well. >> reporter: after eight years a war weary public may prove to be another problem as the white house makes its case for a new push. >> the w
which gibbs says the president is yet to receive. >> the president asked for a review of our policy. the president authorized additional security forces in to afghanistan. >> reporter: the review from president obama's new commander, eneral stanley mcchrystal called for more training to afghanistan forces to take over security so u.s. forces could focus on counterinsurgency. we have a record number of troops and we will have 68,000 by the end of the year. the report does not call...
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robert gibbs, as he said, the debate is not over. democrats know that all the the white house has to do is get a bill through the senate. many democrats agree, the white house can dictate the final outcome. there is a lot of room to travel between here and there. shepard: it certainly is. thank you, major garrett. a deadly remain -- reminder of the violence in iraq, 95 people killed and hundreds more hurt in a car bombing in the city of baghdad, just after the city started removing blast walls. the army said that security is not an issue anymore. the blast was in and around the green zone, an area considered the safest in the country. governmental and commercial buildings were targeted, it happened close to our own baghdad bureau. iraqi security forces are left to cope with the aftermath without u.s. help, i assume? >> that is right. the only held that we saw today was a number of u.s. military apache helicopters flying to give them air cover. it really is an iraqi security operation. the foreign ministry and the finance ministry, th
robert gibbs, as he said, the debate is not over. democrats know that all the the white house has to do is get a bill through the senate. many democrats agree, the white house can dictate the final outcome. there is a lot of room to travel between here and there. shepard: it certainly is. thank you, major garrett. a deadly remain -- reminder of the violence in iraq, 95 people killed and hundreds more hurt in a car bombing in the city of baghdad, just after the city started removing blast walls....
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the white house spokesman robert gibbs said he misspoke when he described ahmenijad as an elected leader. >> after the turmoil of the last two months, at last moment when mr. ahmenijad could restore his dignity, pleing to serve iran for anoer four ars. >>but look closely, and youould see in pcs. this was boycotted some reformi members and oppositn leaders. there were no messages of congratutions. that proved a bitter riposte fromr. ahmenijad. >> nobody in an is waiting for your congralations. the irann nationoes not give significce to your friends or theats and congratulations d smiles. >> in man ways, theresident's problems are just beginning. the opposion inclus zero former presents -- inudes a former presidents, including the man o believes he won the elecon and a coecutive former allies. and the west is ramping up talks on the nucle issue. >> the countryis mo divided an it has ever been sie 1979. ahmenijad is t mostivisive politic fige in the history of the lamic republic and he has showno interest in yieldi. >> once agai thousands of demonstrators and alicia presence outside t parli
the white house spokesman robert gibbs said he misspoke when he described ahmenijad as an elected leader. >> after the turmoil of the last two months, at last moment when mr. ahmenijad could restore his dignity, pleing to serve iran for anoer four ars. >>but look closely, and youould see in pcs. this was boycotted some reformi members and oppositn leaders. there were no messages of congratutions. that proved a bitter riposte fromr. ahmenijad. >> nobody in an is waiting for...
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. >> robert gibbs may be right. we are all focusing on some of the craziness taking place at town halls and some of the politicians playing to the bases showing up at town halls when you are not getting a representative sample of actual people in the middle who show up. bill: now, there is something very disturbing about a major corporation, g.e., allowing its news division to brand americans, rationist, stupid because they oppose. i have never seen this before. folks are using their constitutional rights to protest the health care policy they believe will harm them and the country. a powerful corporation, g.e., which just received more than a billion dollars in low cost government loans, taxpayer money, demonizes the very people that provided them the cash. is that unbelievable? and the folks are noticing. so far in august, the msnbc network, the most radical left arm of nbc news is down 24% in total audience while fox news is up 21%. at 8:00 p.m. factor is up 56% in the. it's not just nbc news going after the heal
. >> robert gibbs may be right. we are all focusing on some of the craziness taking place at town halls and some of the politicians playing to the bases showing up at town halls when you are not getting a representative sample of actual people in the middle who show up. bill: now, there is something very disturbing about a major corporation, g.e., allowing its news division to brand americans, rationist, stupid because they oppose. i have never seen this before. folks are using their...
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stephen gibbs, bbc news, mexico city. >> this is "world news today" from bbc world news. our main story so far -- the former u.s. president bill clinton is in north korea on a surprise diplomatic mission seeking the release of two imprisoned american journalists. australian police have records -- have arrested four individuals with ties to a somali terrorist group. the fatah group is aiming to elect a new central committee and ruling council. they're giving it to a younger generation that has grown up fighting israel's occupation of the west bank, captured in the 1967 war. they seek to regain ground lost to hamas. fatah dominates the palestinian authority, and the americans are trying to broker a peace between them and israel. joining me live as far correspondents. >> here we are at the first thought i conference in 20 years. fatah, of course, which dominated palestinian politics for decades. more than 2000 delegates are here, and what is their aim? to elect new leaders to the party and also to go for a revised political program. it is not as the palestinians watching, bu
stephen gibbs, bbc news, mexico city. >> this is "world news today" from bbc world news. our main story so far -- the former u.s. president bill clinton is in north korea on a surprise diplomatic mission seeking the release of two imprisoned american journalists. australian police have records -- have arrested four individuals with ties to a somali terrorist group. the fatah group is aiming to elect a new central committee and ruling council. they're giving it to a younger...
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from mexico city, the bbc's steven gibbs. >> he was brought from church straight to police custody. miguel angel barrasa here on the left was at a mass with 40 members of his family and associates when he was captured. he is accused of being a key logistics man in the hugely profitable business of the trafficking of methamphetamine to the united states. >> threats of latroka was functioning as the top operator introducing the synthetic drug known as ice or crystal meth from mexico into the united states using the routes of tijuana to san diego and then later, los angeles, el paso, texas, houston, and from there to atlanta. in one month, he sent up to half a metric ton of crystal or ice to the united states. mexican drug cartels are increasingly diversifying their operations into the production and export of methamphetamine, which has the advantage of cocaine, but it can be produced locally. its supply is believed to be a core business of the familia cartel which is based in the western state. last month after one of its leaders was arrested, the cartel went on the offensive, targeti
from mexico city, the bbc's steven gibbs. >> he was brought from church straight to police custody. miguel angel barrasa here on the left was at a mass with 40 members of his family and associates when he was captured. he is accused of being a key logistics man in the hugely profitable business of the trafficking of methamphetamine to the united states. >> threats of latroka was functioning as the top operator introducing the synthetic drug known as ice or crystal meth from mexico...
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no matter what robert gibbs says, the congressman going to these town hall meetings know who the people in their districts are and they know they are not fake. sean: i am not trying to interrupt you, but does that change the political configuration? i do not think blue dogs in districts that voted for republican presidents get away with voting for cap and tax, get away for voting for the stimulus, that was supposed to keep unemployment below 8%, and now get away with voting for health care and be able to define themselves as fiscally conservative. do you think they are willing to separate from barack obama because they do not want to go down with that ship? >> it looks that way. you have to go blue dog by blue dog. we have seen -- we have heard sounds from henry waxman and those guys saying, did we lose the public? they will bolt. obama is between two sides of democrats and i do not see how he gets out. sean: appreciate you being with us. coming up, the circus is coming to town thanks to the federal government. your tax dollars help to bring a circuit to a town near you. gecko vo: you s
no matter what robert gibbs says, the congressman going to these town hall meetings know who the people in their districts are and they know they are not fake. sean: i am not trying to interrupt you, but does that change the political configuration? i do not think blue dogs in districts that voted for republican presidents get away with voting for cap and tax, get away for voting for the stimulus, that was supposed to keep unemployment below 8%, and now get away with voting for health care and...
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i do not think robert gibbs answered that very well. is that public option going to lead to a single payer? trace: now he is studying, we are for some mechanism for competition. -- now he is saying, we are for some mechanism for competition. are they flow in some kind of balloon? >> i think he could have said, i am for increasing competition, and more choice for people, and i'm willing to take a look at anything that does that. he did not say that. that and the time pressure is getting people very nervous. they have this big change that they're trying to ram through before people understand the consequences. they are nervous. when somebody has a legitimate question, to say that it is a misconception, i think it feeds the distrust. trace: we have a brand new fox news opinion dynamic polls. when asked what to do with the remaining stimulus in money -- 72% of americans say to return it to the taxpayers. we have shown new date gallup numbers. the approval rating is the lowest. our own fox polling is hot off the press. dropping 12 percentage
i do not think robert gibbs answered that very well. is that public option going to lead to a single payer? trace: now he is studying, we are for some mechanism for competition. -- now he is saying, we are for some mechanism for competition. are they flow in some kind of balloon? >> i think he could have said, i am for increasing competition, and more choice for people, and i'm willing to take a look at anything that does that. he did not say that. that and the time pressure is getting...
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after several go-arounds with reporters, a bit exasperated, robert gibbs of for this final summation. >> present it made a promise on the campaign. he is clear about the commitment, and he is going to keep it. >> what is that commitment? not to raise taxes on families earning less than $250,000. at one point, he was asked about the word "commitment," instead of "promise" or "pledged." shepard: i wonder about troubled loans because they come out of white houses, people from the right and left. i wonder if i'm the middle class, and they say they are not going to raise taxes but only on the rich, that looks a little better to me. >> remember this -- that might be a little too cute by half. democrats are leaving the city going home for five weeks to talk to someone nervous constituents about the financial implications of healthcare. do they want to talk about possible middle-class tax increases? i will give you a simple answer -- no. that message was delivered to the white house clearly from democrats on capitol hill who say they did not want to have to deal with that and the healthcare d
after several go-arounds with reporters, a bit exasperated, robert gibbs of for this final summation. >> present it made a promise on the campaign. he is clear about the commitment, and he is going to keep it. >> what is that commitment? not to raise taxes on families earning less than $250,000. at one point, he was asked about the word "commitment," instead of "promise" or "pledged." shepard: i wonder about troubled loans because they come out of white...
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bill: i just want gibbs to come on. i didn't even invite obama on yet. i'm saving that i just want gibbs, the spokesperson who come on because he is the front man throwing this stuff out. >> avoiding you guys will not help. bill: juan, mary katharine as always. thank you. here are the results of the bill o'reilly.com poll. we asked you which news agency do you trust the least? about 40,000 of you voted about 67 percent said msnbc. aka the toledo mud hens. 22% "new york times." >> 8% cnn. 3% pbs. directly ahead, will there be a witch-hunt against cia agents who interrogate terror suspects? it looks like that might be coming down. we will take you back to martha's vineyard where it's party time because of the obama vacation. word has it jesse waters visited a nude beach. those stories after these messages. @ @ i don't always let my bladder problems... or the worry my pipes might leak... compromise what i like to do... like hunting for bargains, not always bathrooms. i take care with vesicare. (announcer) once-daily vesicare can help control your bladder mu
bill: i just want gibbs to come on. i didn't even invite obama on yet. i'm saving that i just want gibbs, the spokesperson who come on because he is the front man throwing this stuff out. >> avoiding you guys will not help. bill: juan, mary katharine as always. thank you. here are the results of the bill o'reilly.com poll. we asked you which news agency do you trust the least? about 40,000 of you voted about 67 percent said msnbc. aka the toledo mud hens. 22% "new york times."...
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the white house press secretary robert gibbs hinted that some of the center is staged. my guest was there. thank you for your time. you describe yourself as conservative. you have then to some of the tea party events. the white house says these events are manufactured. what would you say to that? >> i would say they are manufactured. the white house is the one manufacturing these. we are trying to express our point of view and express our first amendment rights. we do not feel that washington is listening to us. it is generating some sense of frustration. bill: what happened when you were there? >> basically, we got there. we tried to get into the meeting room. it was already filled up. we were told that the meeting room had a capacity of 200 people. we kind of -- i was standing around outside to make sure people did not leave. so there was a chance several opened up later, we could get in and get a glimpse of what was going on. bill: why did you go? why did you think it was important to have your voice heard? >> i think it is important to have all of our voices heard f
the white house press secretary robert gibbs hinted that some of the center is staged. my guest was there. thank you for your time. you describe yourself as conservative. you have then to some of the tea party events. the white house says these events are manufactured. what would you say to that? >> i would say they are manufactured. the white house is the one manufacturing these. we are trying to express our point of view and express our first amendment rights. we do not feel that...
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let us listen to robert gibbs. >> making the country saved? >> this is the same song and dance we have heard since the first day of the administration. i do not have tha lot to say. if you watched the interview, the vice president clearly had his facts on a number of things wrong. the notion that somehow this white house is going to be making interrogation decisions, not the high value detaining group stationed at the fbi, and whom have participants from all different intelligence and law enforcement agencies within our government, which has allowed people like fran townsend to complement the creation of this group. i think what was also eliminated were centered in the cannes comments yesterday about -- senator mccain's comments yesterday about whether or not these enhanced interrogation techniques that the president has outlawed -- the effect that it has on our standing in the world and foreign policy. he does not agree with us on every issue, but i thought, given his experience, they are tremendously illuminating. i am not entirely sure that
let us listen to robert gibbs. >> making the country saved? >> this is the same song and dance we have heard since the first day of the administration. i do not have tha lot to say. if you watched the interview, the vice president clearly had his facts on a number of things wrong. the notion that somehow this white house is going to be making interrogation decisions, not the high value detaining group stationed at the fbi, and whom have participants from all different intelligence...
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secretary gibbs said, point-blank, that's not true. t.j.? >> all right, elaine quijano for us from the white house. thank you so much. >>> want to turn now to our john vause. he has more on bill clint's visit and the political risk it carries from his vantage point in beijing. >> reporter: the former u.s. president touched down in pyongyang on board a private, unmarked jet and was warmly greeted by two senior government officials and a young girl with flowers. >> for him, this is an important fulfilling of an unfulfilled mission and for kim jong-il who wanted him to come when he was president it would be the height of rudeness not to receive him. >> reporter: the turning point say analysts is when washington dropped its demand for the journalists, laura ling and uniknee lee uneuna lee to be released. >> they have expressed great remorse for this incident and i think everyone is very sorry that it happened. what we hope for now is these two young women would be granted amnesty through the north korean system and be allowed to return home to t
secretary gibbs said, point-blank, that's not true. t.j.? >> all right, elaine quijano for us from the white house. thank you so much. >>> want to turn now to our john vause. he has more on bill clint's visit and the political risk it carries from his vantage point in beijing. >> reporter: the former u.s. president touched down in pyongyang on board a private, unmarked jet and was warmly greeted by two senior government officials and a young girl with flowers. >> for...
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robert gibbs there, today, apparently walking back some senior economic advisors' comments over the weekend in what seemed to leave the door open on taxing the middle class. let's bring in the panel. steve hayes, juan williams, and syndicated columnist charles krauthammer. so, steve, what was this? was this a conflict between campaigning and governing? was this a trial balloon? what was this? >> probably the easiest explanation is that these guys were out there and didn't want to box the president in by taking things off the table so they didn't answer a question. i don't think that they are sitting there right now trying to come up with new tax proposals, but that being said, this is not just a campaign promise he made. remember, on february 24, in the address that he made before congress, he said again "ly not raise your taxes o one single dime and repeated it, one single dime." the problem i think he faces is that he has already done it. technically he has broken his pledge. on april 1st, a tax went into effect that raised cigarette taxes 61 cents a pack. the meadian income of smokeers i
robert gibbs there, today, apparently walking back some senior economic advisors' comments over the weekend in what seemed to leave the door open on taxing the middle class. let's bring in the panel. steve hayes, juan williams, and syndicated columnist charles krauthammer. so, steve, what was this? was this a conflict between campaigning and governing? was this a trial balloon? what was this? >> probably the easiest explanation is that these guys were out there and didn't want to box the...
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yesterday press secretary robert gibbs called ahmadinejad iran's elected leader. today gibbs dialing it back, saying it is not for him to decide whether ahmadinejad was actually elected or not. clearly, off message the first time. >>> closer to home tonight, a big bummer for all you "idol" fans out there. >> paula abdul announced she's not returning to "american idol." >> i think that they should give paula some money. >> it is very much about money and it is about ego. there have been reports out there that she's been making about $2 million last season. and that they had offered her a new three-year -- new multi-year deal worth about $10 million but that paula wanted $20 million. >> that has to be looked at in the context of how much "american idol" is bringing in. >> yes. >> okay? that sounds like a lot of money, but they might be bringing in $1 billion. >> i don't know about money or about this or that. i think she had a career before "idol." i don't think she's going to be hurting either. >> abdul announcing her big decision on twitter saying she'll miss nurt
yesterday press secretary robert gibbs called ahmadinejad iran's elected leader. today gibbs dialing it back, saying it is not for him to decide whether ahmadinejad was actually elected or not. clearly, off message the first time. >>> closer to home tonight, a big bummer for all you "idol" fans out there. >> paula abdul announced she's not returning to "american idol." >> i think that they should give paula some money. >> it is very much about...
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at the white house, spokesman gibbs reiterated that there would be no comment while mr. clinton was in north korea. >> this obviously is a very sensitive topic. we will hope to provide some more detail at a later point. our focus right now is on ensuring that the safety of two journalists. >> reporter: the north korean news agency said the former president did convey a verbal message from president obama, but gave no details. white house officials said no such message was relayed. the north koreans also reported the discussions included a wide range of issues, and among those greeting the former president this morning was the regime's chief nuclear negotiator. u.s. north korean relations have been tense for months, as talks over the north's nuclear program have been at a stand still, and the north koreans have conducted an underground nuclear test, and test fired a number of long and medium range missiles. this evening the north korean news agency announced former president clinton and his party had left the country. the report did not say if the two american women were
at the white house, spokesman gibbs reiterated that there would be no comment while mr. clinton was in north korea. >> this obviously is a very sensitive topic. we will hope to provide some more detail at a later point. our focus right now is on ensuring that the safety of two journalists. >> reporter: the north korean news agency said the former president did convey a verbal message from president obama, but gave no details. white house officials said no such message was relayed....
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the statement that was released just in the past couple of hours by the white house spokesman robert gibbs says while this solely private mission to secure the release of two americans is on the ground, we will have no comment. we do not want to jeopardize the success of former president clinton's mission. and note the wording there is solely private mission. they are saying that this is not a negotiating representative of the united states. and it's important to note that because as this is going on, you have the other plot, which is the standoff over north korea's nuclear program. so we're trying to keep these separate. >> yes, and absolutely. interesting, as well, of course who his wife is. you have the secretary of state, mrs. clinton. >> yes. amazing number of threads that are interconnected and of course, just about a week or two ago, you had the north koreans making very, very personal comments about the secretary, insulting her really as not so bright person who looked like a pensioner. so there are a lot of threats. as i said, they're trying to keep them separate because this is v
the statement that was released just in the past couple of hours by the white house spokesman robert gibbs says while this solely private mission to secure the release of two americans is on the ground, we will have no comment. we do not want to jeopardize the success of former president clinton's mission. and note the wording there is solely private mission. they are saying that this is not a negotiating representative of the united states. and it's important to note that because as this is...
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one interesting point, over the last couple of weeks, robert gibbs, the spokesman has been holding these gaggles, a backgrounds briefing early in the morning, a chance to hit them on the big story of the day. today that was canceled. it's kind of interesting, perhaps the white house is still trying to figure out what the message is. clearly this appears to be they are throwing up trial bloonz but perhaps there's a fundamental shift here for the administration. we'll press that hard at the briefing coming up in an hour, we hope. >> we'll show it as soon as it begins. dan, thanks so much. >>> broke, yesterday, but broken? by all accounts cash for clunkers a runaway hit. an estimated quarter million new car sales in a single week. as we've been reporting, the funds are runding out if they haven't already and the house passed a $2 billion extension on friday and the push back is already under way, some senators want to include fuel efficient used cars. others question where the money will come from. ford reports its first monthly sales jump in almost two years and says clunker cash is the re
one interesting point, over the last couple of weeks, robert gibbs, the spokesman has been holding these gaggles, a backgrounds briefing early in the morning, a chance to hit them on the big story of the day. today that was canceled. it's kind of interesting, perhaps the white house is still trying to figure out what the message is. clearly this appears to be they are throwing up trial bloonz but perhaps there's a fundamental shift here for the administration. we'll press that hard at the...
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we asked robert gibbs about that. he said, he wasn't sure if they would. could be some lessons learned from the clinton administration. >> the secretary of state was not at the meeting in their situation room. she had other meetings with the columbian foreign minister. was that unusual that the secretary of state would not participate in the debriefing with the former president on north korea? >> i am sure that president clinton had conversations with the secretary of state. i don't think it is unusual unusual. ordinarily, you would expect the secretary to be there. this is a situation where president clinton obviously was going to convey his impression, his assessment. maybe there are some opportunities that he saw that were not obvious before. i make one point. during the last year of his tenure in 2000, in october, there was a lot of pressure being generated to send president clinton over to north korea. north korea wanted him to come very badly. because they couldn't guarantee there would be some kind of agreement reached, there were many that argued t
we asked robert gibbs about that. he said, he wasn't sure if they would. could be some lessons learned from the clinton administration. >> the secretary of state was not at the meeting in their situation room. she had other meetings with the columbian foreign minister. was that unusual that the secretary of state would not participate in the debriefing with the former president on north korea? >> i am sure that president clinton had conversations with the secretary of state. i don't...
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but robert gibbs saying within the town hall meeting itself they're not expecting fireworks per se. >> quickly before i let you go, we were looking at a website. i understand the president has a new website regarding health care? >> reporter: yeah, they've launched a new page on the white house website and the administration is calling it reality check. they're trying to push back against some of the criticisms out there about health care reform. this is really just the latest tool that the white house is using to try and counter some of the arguments that are out there. but clearly a sign that administration officials are concerned, heidi, that maybe some of these arguments are starting to get some traction. heidi? >> all right, elaine quijano for us this morning. thank you, elaine. for live coverage of the president's town hall remarks, you can stay right here with cnn, it'll come your way 1:00 p.m. eastern. >>> in the meantime, let's go ahead and take a moment to get back to the town hall meeting underway right now in lebanon, pennsylvania. you see senator arlen specter there. i wa
but robert gibbs saying within the town hall meeting itself they're not expecting fireworks per se. >> quickly before i let you go, we were looking at a website. i understand the president has a new website regarding health care? >> reporter: yeah, they've launched a new page on the white house website and the administration is calling it reality check. they're trying to push back against some of the criticisms out there about health care reform. this is really just the latest tool...
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in a white hou statement, whithouse press secretary robert gibbs said e us. the first te of that partnership couldome if the w prime minister meets president obama and other wod leaders athe g20 summit in pittsburgh next month. fomore on the impact of the japanese ections, we're join by: sheila smith, a senior fellow for japan sdies at the council on foren relationsand daniel sneider, a former tyo-based journalist. he's now at stanford univsity's walter h. shorenein asia-pacific research center. welcome to you both. sheila smith, it felt like this election was basicay a crisis of confidence in thway things have been ne before. >> absolutely. and this is a system that's been ting to change now for over a decade. so i thk the japanese puic continue to try to find an answer with the ldp but st got to the point wherthey lost coidence complely in their leadehip. >> was this a votefor e new come orjust to get rid of the old timers. >> i think its with a ttle bit of both. japanese voters tendedo punish th ldp in that long 50 yr tenure of eir rule in upper hoe electi
in a white hou statement, whithouse press secretary robert gibbs said e us. the first te of that partnership couldome if the w prime minister meets president obama and other wod leaders athe g20 summit in pittsburgh next month. fomore on the impact of the japanese ections, we're join by: sheila smith, a senior fellow for japan sdies at the council on foren relationsand daniel sneider, a former tyo-based journalist. he's now at stanford univsity's walter h. shorenein asia-pacific research...
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white house secretary robert gibbs was asked yesterday how the president would be spending his birthday. it sounded like there was no fun planned atll. >> the senate democrats will come down to the white house tomorrow and have lunch here with the president. um, and as the president's birthd, e.chk esuc chee was booked. c >> that's true, chuck e. cheese was booked. and do you know who booked it? that guy right there. [ laughter ] it's impossible to get him out of the house. meanwhile, former president bill clinton is on his way home from north korea right now. he made a surprise visit to attempt to secure the release of two female american journalist, two young, shapely, attractive female journalists who were imprisoned by north korean police after they illegally crossed the border from china. i don't know what he said to kim jong il, but it worked because they released them. and i have to say it was nice to see bill clinton get a release he's not impeached for for a change. right? [ laughter ] the rumor is they made a deal. kim jong il gave the women a special pardon and in return he g
white house secretary robert gibbs was asked yesterday how the president would be spending his birthday. it sounded like there was no fun planned atll. >> the senate democrats will come down to the white house tomorrow and have lunch here with the president. um, and as the president's birthd, e.chk esuc chee was booked. c >> that's true, chuck e. cheese was booked. and do you know who booked it? that guy right there. [ laughter ] it's impossible to get him out of the house....
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joining us now is white house press secretary robert gibbs. robert, good morning. >> good morning, harry. how are you? >> so somebody stands up in this meeting in new hampshire today and starts shouting, what's going to happen? >> well, i think what the president will do is turn to that person and probably ask them to be civilized and give them an answer to their question. harry, i've probably been to 500 town hall meetings with barack obama all the way back to his state senate days. we've been to a lot of meetings where people didn't agree with us, but the tradition of a town hall meeting is to give people information so that they can make a decision about a policy that impacts their lives, and i think that's what this town hall meeting will do today. i know the president is excited about engaging the public again. >> the folks that have been shouting at these meetings, they're passionate, they're adamant, they're absolutely convinced these healthcare reforms will make it worse, not better. what do you know that they don't know? >> i'll tell
joining us now is white house press secretary robert gibbs. robert, good morning. >> good morning, harry. how are you? >> so somebody stands up in this meeting in new hampshire today and starts shouting, what's going to happen? >> well, i think what the president will do is turn to that person and probably ask them to be civilized and give them an answer to their question. harry, i've probably been to 500 town hall meetings with barack obama all the way back to his state...
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. >> it is worth noting that robert gibbs did not offer a lot of specifics, except to claim that his predictions on foreign policy have not been very accurate. shepard: the former vice president is claiming that the obama administration is taking us back to what we call a pre- 9/11 mentality. >> that is one of the more significant claims in the interview that this new group created by the obama administration will decide how we question high-value detainee's. he says that the administration is going back to the mindset. >> if we tried to do that back in the aftermath of 9/11, we would have gotten no place. it moves very much in the direction of going back to the old way of looking at these terrorist attacks that these are law enforcement problems and this is not a strategic threat to the united states. i think it is a direct slap at the cia. i cannot think it will work. >> the other side of this argument is that the documents the former vice president wanted classified then he showed how much intelligence was gathered makes no specific reference whatsoever to the controversial progra
. >> it is worth noting that robert gibbs did not offer a lot of specifics, except to claim that his predictions on foreign policy have not been very accurate. shepard: the former vice president is claiming that the obama administration is taking us back to what we call a pre- 9/11 mentality. >> that is one of the more significant claims in the interview that this new group created by the obama administration will decide how we question high-value detainee's. he says that the...
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there has been talk from robert gibbs over the months. when asked whether the president would sign a bill that does not have the public option, and he would say the president wants to make sure there is choice and competition. that's what we have heard in the last few days from the president and the secretary. let's see if they have gotten further than that. first of all, from the president at a town hall this weekend talking about the public option. >> the public option, whether we have it or don't have it, is not the entirety of health care
there has been talk from robert gibbs over the months. when asked whether the president would sign a bill that does not have the public option, and he would say the president wants to make sure there is choice and competition. that's what we have heard in the last few days from the president and the secretary. let's see if they have gotten further than that. first of all, from the president at a town hall this weekend talking about the public option. >> the public option, whether we have...
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robert gibbs was asked about the good doc and how much pull he has with the president. here it is. >> do you know if the president has ever consulted on healthcare with rahm's brother e zeke yeel -- ezekiel emanuel? >> i think zeke has talked to certainly staff and others about healthcare. i have not been in every healthcare meeting the president has been in. glenn: oh, i really don't know. here is why this question is important, because dr. ezekiel emanuel thinks we should calculate the amount of a human life and how how much we should spend to keep that life alive. after sarah palin's comment about death panels, the left has coined a new phrase, deathers. wait until the bottom of the hour, i can't wait to tell you the thinking on this. they're trying to make deather s into conspiracy nuts who say that the government will snuff your grandmother out with a pillow. that's not what sarah palin was saying. she is right. the deather part of this bill i believe is something that came from the white house, the language came from the white house and it's already in the u.k. na
robert gibbs was asked about the good doc and how much pull he has with the president. here it is. >> do you know if the president has ever consulted on healthcare with rahm's brother e zeke yeel -- ezekiel emanuel? >> i think zeke has talked to certainly staff and others about healthcare. i have not been in every healthcare meeting the president has been in. glenn: oh, i really don't know. here is why this question is important, because dr. ezekiel emanuel thinks we should...
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earlier today robert gibbs says that won't make sense. over the weekend national economic adviser larry summers sa said they would have to find funding somewhere. another interview geithner said tax increases might be nesz at some point to get the budget deficit down. >> we're going to have to do what's necessary. that's a critical nipg. we have to bring these deficits down dramatically. we have to do what tilt takes. we have to do what's necessary. >> about two hours ago robert gibbs says the president tends to keep his campaign promises. >> i'm reit raerating that he'st raising taxes on those who make less than $250,000 a year. >> the economic stimulus package included tax cuts for 95% of workers who pay taxes. would you be willing to pony up more if it came to that? call us. e-mail us at cnn.com/hln. standard text rates apply. >>> a northwest airlines jumbo jet blew five tires on landing at st. paul minneapolis airport. it had 15 northwest employees on board. no passengers. everybody appears to be okay. an airport representative said t
earlier today robert gibbs says that won't make sense. over the weekend national economic adviser larry summers sa said they would have to find funding somewhere. another interview geithner said tax increases might be nesz at some point to get the budget deficit down. >> we're going to have to do what's necessary. that's a critical nipg. we have to bring these deficits down dramatically. we have to do what tilt takes. we have to do what's necessary. >> about two hours ago robert...
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you saw robert gibbs basically deflect that question and insist it is a private visit. the same thing was insisted about president carter way back in 1994 who went and met with kim il-sun. there was an agreement between the united states and korea on the nuclear issues. north korea has long claimed that its desires for nuclear energy and it wants to provide cash-strapped and energy-strapped nation with the kind of fuel that it needs. that hasn't been forthcoming yet. that's some of the problem with some of the problems in the relationship between the united states and north korea. but, you know, over the let's say 2008 period, between summer, 2007 and most of 2008, there was a thawing. that's when north korea stopped its nuclear program. it stopped processing, reprocessing plutonium. it allowed the new york fill harmonic to come in. there was a real moment where they thought the diplomacy was going to work under the auspices of the state department. this was going along in a farrell interesting way. then, it came to a grinding halt after last summer when kim jong-il fel
you saw robert gibbs basically deflect that question and insist it is a private visit. the same thing was insisted about president carter way back in 1994 who went and met with kim il-sun. there was an agreement between the united states and korea on the nuclear issues. north korea has long claimed that its desires for nuclear energy and it wants to provide cash-strapped and energy-strapped nation with the kind of fuel that it needs. that hasn't been forthcoming yet. that's some of the problem...
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here's what white house press secretary robert gibbs said about efforts to get out the obama message. >> we've always thought it more important to take disinformation that anybody may have about a proposal or something that the president is trying to do and address directly that misinformation. >> president obama will be heading to montana on friday to hold another town hall. the president will be greeted by protestors, perhaps as many as 500 people are expected at a rally outside of the airport where the president will be holding his town hall. chuck todd is chief white house correspondent on top of the white house strategy and all this. what is the view of the white house? do they feel like they're somehow being able to get their message out or fear they're being drowned out by all the chaos? >> the answer to both questions is yes. that is why you saw the president yesterday at this town hall spend as much time saying what the plan wasn't going to do and what was not in the plan as he did pushing the plan. so, i think they realized they're on two tracks. the actual debate about heal
here's what white house press secretary robert gibbs said about efforts to get out the obama message. >> we've always thought it more important to take disinformation that anybody may have about a proposal or something that the president is trying to do and address directly that misinformation. >> president obama will be heading to montana on friday to hold another town hall. the president will be greeted by protestors, perhaps as many as 500 people are expected at a rally outside...
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gibbs cleans it up this way. >> i don't think the president meant to imply anything untoward. >> he just misspoke? >> right. >> the president is going to hold another town hall in montana on friday. >>> in nigeria, secretary of state hillary clinton making some news by comparing elections there to elections here. this involves the discussion of nigeria's problems with widespread voter fraud. >> another off-the-cuff comment about elections, this time, about nigeria, she brought up an election in the u.s., in 2000 she said -- >> in 2000 our presidential election came down to one state where the brother of the man running for president was the governor of the state. so, we have our problems, too. >> aides said she was not being editorial, she simply was making the point of how candidates would accept election results even if it might be flawed. >> this is going to raise eyebrows. >> right. i think one of the questions when she was running, will the real hillary clinton stand up. looks like she's doing pap. >> there is a presidential election in afghanistan next week. hundreds of marines and
gibbs cleans it up this way. >> i don't think the president meant to imply anything untoward. >> he just misspoke? >> right. >> the president is going to hold another town hall in montana on friday. >>> in nigeria, secretary of state hillary clinton making some news by comparing elections there to elections here. this involves the discussion of nigeria's problems with widespread voter fraud. >> another off-the-cuff comment about elections, this time, about...
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the press secretary robert gibbs scramble to backtrack on the idea. we will show you later on what he said to reporters at the what does. inside, the reporting of two reporters -- as the economic policy is working, and public appearances the president will attempt to regain the initiative on the economy. it says he has had several weeks of rocky support. we're joined this morning by the reporter from "the washington post." all this dovetails into what we will see later this week as he travels to indiana and tomorrow to detroit. what can we expect? guest: you can expect talk about the reason gdp numbers. never has a shrinking quarter been so welcomed by a white house. it shrunk by 1%, but this was less than expected. as rahm emanuel told me recently, the rescue phase of the recovery effort is now wer moving into the rebuilding phase. they will talk about access to education and investment in new technology, specifically battery research in places like michigan and indiana where cars and rv's are made. host: part of this is that the administration expec
the press secretary robert gibbs scramble to backtrack on the idea. we will show you later on what he said to reporters at the what does. inside, the reporting of two reporters -- as the economic policy is working, and public appearances the president will attempt to regain the initiative on the economy. it says he has had several weeks of rocky support. we're joined this morning by the reporter from "the washington post." all this dovetails into what we will see later this week as he...
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indications are that robert gibbs would want to walk and back from there. jane: we will look for that. thank you, mike. jon: president obama's health care reform plan, an important house committee approved that plan after a heated debate. now comes the tough task of selling it to the american people. according to recent polls, that is not going to be easy. 48% of americans call the health care system good or excellent. 19% rated as poor. all this comes more than a year after another health care bill was introduced in congress, a bipartisan effort that lawmakers said would not add to the deficit. where do things stand on that? james rosen is live in washington with more. a number of influential people are taking a second look at this first proposal. >> this is called a healthy americans act. it was first proposed two years ago. basically, everyone would purchase their own insurance. everyone would be covered forever. employers would face new taxes, but would no longer be required to provide health insurance. the congressional budget office has found the plan
indications are that robert gibbs would want to walk and back from there. jane: we will look for that. thank you, mike. jon: president obama's health care reform plan, an important house committee approved that plan after a heated debate. now comes the tough task of selling it to the american people. according to recent polls, that is not going to be easy. 48% of americans call the health care system good or excellent. 19% rated as poor. all this comes more than a year after another health care...
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. >> robert gibbs said, quote, without getting into the specifics, we've been very clear i think from even before the administration started that their two girls would have a very private life and we want to protect that private life and their privacy, and we hope that others will be respectful as many in the media have been about not using the girls as a publicity stunt. dr. bernard says he's open to discussing the issue more. in the meantime though, his cause is getting plenty of attention, which is surely why he mentioned the obama daughters in the first place. is it crossing the line for the doctor to use the obama daughters? is it crossing the line for the white house to want him to take down the posters? >>> it's almost 4:00 on the east coast. we'll have more on that intense moment from secretary of state hillary clinton talking about her husband. we now know the question that prompted her outburst was lost in translation. we'll bring you the whole story. >>> plus, can mark sanford
. >> robert gibbs said, quote, without getting into the specifics, we've been very clear i think from even before the administration started that their two girls would have a very private life and we want to protect that private life and their privacy, and we hope that others will be respectful as many in the media have been about not using the girls as a publicity stunt. dr. bernard says he's open to discussing the issue more. in the meantime though, his cause is getting plenty of...
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>> well, robert gibbs talk a bit about it. he said we think it's important to have industry at the table. that's why they made the deal. they think that, you know, ultimately, and if you look back in the first efforts of health care reform in the early 90s, the industry largely opposed health care reform. this time they have a seat at the table. sure, motivated by self interest. and they feel it's important to deal with the hospitals, and the doctors and the insurers and so forth to try to extract the best deal they can get. i want to play you something in an exchange between chuck todd and robert gibbs. >> can you say for sure they were promised nothing in return? >> i can assure you we have come to an agreement to seek savings from the pharmaceutical industry as part of comprehensive health care. >> so that's the white house's position, the $80 billion deal exists, and it stands. as for the specifics, maybe we will hear about it when it comes part of the bill in the senate, which actually is said that this will be in the sen
>> well, robert gibbs talk a bit about it. he said we think it's important to have industry at the table. that's why they made the deal. they think that, you know, ultimately, and if you look back in the first efforts of health care reform in the early 90s, the industry largely opposed health care reform. this time they have a seat at the table. sure, motivated by self interest. and they feel it's important to deal with the hospitals, and the doctors and the insurers and so forth to try...
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can't make it." [ laughter ] >> i heard you do a great barry gibb, too. >> jimmy: yeah, yeah. did you invite the bee-gees? >> we didn't invite the bee-gees, no. and john lennon, who we really wanted. and john wanted to come. [ impersonating john lennon ] >> jimmy: "i don't know, i can't make it." [ laughter ] i don't know why i'm doing impressions of everyone that didn't make it. [ laughter ] i'm trying to -- now you can go to sleep at night. [ impersonating john lennon ] "michael, i couldn't make it. maybe you're over here, maybe i'm there, who knows." [ laughter ] i don't know. lennon couldn't make it because -- >> he was busted in england. and nixon didn't want him in the country, anyway. so -- >> jimmy: yeah, it wasn't a good. >> he wasn't getting in. a funny thing, i got a letter from apple records, who had been trying to get him to come. you know, we'd been trying to work it out for months, and i never saw the letter until just this year when i started to write the book. yeah, they were going to send an installation of the plastic ono band, which would have been cool. an
can't make it." [ laughter ] >> i heard you do a great barry gibb, too. >> jimmy: yeah, yeah. did you invite the bee-gees? >> we didn't invite the bee-gees, no. and john lennon, who we really wanted. and john wanted to come. [ impersonating john lennon ] >> jimmy: "i don't know, i can't make it." [ laughter ] i don't know why i'm doing impressions of everyone that didn't make it. [ laughter ] i'm trying to -- now you can go to sleep at night. [...
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gibbs said they have not spoken since march. before you go, you know, apparently the president, former president clinton did say, you know, we're sorry. hillary clinton said we're sorry to the north koreans. i thought we didn't negotiate with terrorists. >> no, i don't believe -- this is what the north koreans said. but the white house has denied that happening. now, the girls -- steve: governor, mrs. clinton has in the past apologized to the north koreans publicly for the women, you know, wandering into north korea. it wouldn't be a stretch to think that bill clinton might show up and say, yeah, we're sorry that happened. >> what secretary clinton said she wanted amnesty. she was asking for amnesty. that implies a recognition that there was a violation of north korean laws. but, look, the north koreans always say, look, there was an apology. they've done it with me before. the fact is that president clinton wasn't there to negotiate. he was just there to secure the release of the two americans. but then the north koreans, too,
gibbs said they have not spoken since march. before you go, you know, apparently the president, former president clinton did say, you know, we're sorry. hillary clinton said we're sorry to the north koreans. i thought we didn't negotiate with terrorists. >> no, i don't believe -- this is what the north koreans said. but the white house has denied that happening. now, the girls -- steve: governor, mrs. clinton has in the past apologized to the north koreans publicly for the women, you...
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press secretary robert gibbs clearly on message. >> one of the reasons we pushed back is because misconceptions. some contributed to the poll numbers. and we hope to quell the misconceptio misconceptions. misconception that's are out there. misconceptions or misimpressions. we're not going to start pushing back on the misconceptions. some of these misconceptions. misconceptions out there. >> also helping the white house tackle the misconceptions, aof campaign. >>> a somber homecoming for a war hero missing for nearly 20 years. >> michael scott spiker, navy pilot, shot down over the -- over iraq on the first night of operation desert storm. and here we welcome him back to the united states of america. a solemn moment, an important moment, a moment that for this family, god bless them, has been long and coming. >> as you may recall, iraqi forces hit specher's hornet and they listed him as the war's first casualty. >> it wasn't until this month that his remains were positively identified. >> speicher's body arrived at the jacksonville naval air station. he'll be buried in a private ceremony tomorr
press secretary robert gibbs clearly on message. >> one of the reasons we pushed back is because misconceptions. some contributed to the poll numbers. and we hope to quell the misconceptio misconceptions. misconception that's are out there. misconceptions or misimpressions. we're not going to start pushing back on the misconceptions. some of these misconceptions. misconceptions out there. >> also helping the white house tackle the misconceptions, aof campaign. >>> a somber...